Emma Disley

Senior Analyst
Cambridge Office

Education

Ph.D. and M.Sc. in criminology, University of Oxford; L.L.B. in law, University of Manchester

Overview

Biography

Emma Disley is a senior analyst at RAND Europe, working primarily on the Communities, Safety and Justice team. Prior to joining RAND, Disley worked as a researcher at Thames Valley Police, the National Policing Improvement Agency, and at the Centre for Criminology at the University of Oxford. Her research interests span a variety of topics relating to crime and criminal justice, including policing, offender management and interventions, imprisonment, and criminal justice policy.

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Map the Gap: a critical review of the literature on gambling-related harm
  • Individual disengagement from Al Qa'ida-influenced terrorist groups: A Rapid Evidence Assessment to inform policy and practice in preventing terrorism
  • Lessons learned from the planning and early implementation of the Social Impact Bond at HMP Peterborough

Selected Publications

Emma Disley, Jennifer Rubin, Emily Scraggs, Nina Burrowes, Deirdre May Culley, Lessons learned from the planning and early implementation of the Social Impact Bond at HMP Peterborough, RAND Corporation (TR-1166-MOJ), 2011

Emma Disley, Alexandra Pollitt, Deirdre May Culley, Jennifer Rubin, Map the Gap: a critical review of the literature on gambling-related harm, RAND Corporation (TR-1013-RGF), 2011